# Incident 19950222008299I: Nooksak, WA, February 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1995, 21:20 local time
- Place: Nooksak, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: CFIEK (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 228 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950222008299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON 02-22-95, 1990 PST, C-FIEK, A HELIUM FILLED FREE BALLOON, DEPARTED VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT OF CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE IN CANADA. AT ALTITUDE, UNFAVORABLE WINDS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO SET THE BALLOON DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF NOOKSAK, WA IN THE U.S., AT 2120. THE BALLOON LANDED IN A FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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